Title: (Optional) Describe ways to conserve resources within the family.
Course: Family and Consumer Sciences Exploratory II (19904-12) > Section: Maintaining Living Environments

Description should include ways to

- conserve types of resources
  - food
  - water
  - money
  - household supplies
  - clothing
  - fuel/energy
  - time

- reduce waste
- reuse or repurpose supplies
- recycle.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- Why is it important to conserve natural resources?
- How can families reduce waste and conserve resources?
- What are examples of reducing, reusing, and recycling?

Communication

- How can you encourage your school to be environmentally responsible?
- How can one communicate the advantages of conserving resources?

Leadership

- How can you model conserving resources at school?
- How can individual family members conserve resources?

Management

- What are the consequences of not being environmentally responsible? Individually? Locally? Globally?